Because you used a patently racist british empire term of deep historical insult and are now hiding behind the cassock of the church and your power as moderator- that's why.I never knew the hypocrites and pharisees immigrated to the land down under in such numbers.

Because you used a patently racist british empire term of deep historical insult and are now hiding behind the cassock of the church and your power as moderator- that's why.I never knew the hypocrites and pharisees immigrated to the land down under in such numbers.

Is this an example of righteous anger?

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If you're living a happy life as a Christian, you're doing something wrong.

Me too. I thought the topic about anger was very interesting, quite educational. I had no idea, for example, about the canon that instructed those who kill during war to abstain from the Eucharist. And I really failed to see anything "un-Christian" that OzGeorge said.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who can watch the watchmen?"No one is paying attention to your post reports"Why do posters that claim to have me blocked keep sending me pms and responding to my posts? That makes no sense.

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."" Isaac Asimov

^^Nannies - no, but in Russia and Ukraine (and probably in other Slavic countries) they had Baba Yaga. It's a witch that flies on a broom. Very nice lady. Boiled disobedient children in a pot.

Wow. And to think, some people here think they have bad nanny and au pair stories... Sheesh!

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"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."" Isaac Asimov

I heard Yaga had a great aunt or something, lived in the Black Forest, and was more into baking and pasteries than boiling. Apparantly she had quite a decorative touch, and a real master with gingerbread.

I heard Yaga had a great aunt or something, lived in the Black Forest, and was more into baking and pasteries than boiling. Apparantly she had quite a decorative touch, and a real master with gingerbread.

Yes, she did that, too. In some Ukrainian folk stories, she had a little helper, a female snake called Olenka. My wife and I once became very surprised when our then 3 year-old daughter asked us, OK, Baba Yaga is bad, but isn't it true that Olenka is "good?" We said, how can she be good, she is a snake and a helper of the bad Baba Yaga. Our daughter was disappointed. She thought Olenka must be a positive character, because she has such a pretty name.

Interesting choice of name for the snake, as Olenka is a diminutive of Olga, derived from the Norse Helga, meaning holy one. Maybe Olenka was a good snake after all!

Ukrainians generally tend to think that Olenka is a diminutive of Olena (Elaine, Helen) - but then, maybe it's from Helga, I don't know.

But it really sounds so cute in Ukrainian: зміючка Олeнка. Like "this teeny snakie Olenka."

My daughter went through another big life lesson when she was about 3: she suddenly learned that the Fox in Ukrainian fairy tales is a bad character. And again, the name of this character in Ukrainian is female and sounds very cute: Лисичка Ceстричка, literally "Foxie My Little Sister." I remember one day coming from work, and my daughter meeting me in the hallway with this very serious facial expression, and declaring: Foxie the Little Sister is BAD, because she LIED. (Лисичка-Ceстричка ПОГАНА, вона БРЕХЛА.)

Even though this passing wind of a thread is new to me, I'm still curious about Kav's accusations.

Why would you have any interest in accusations made against one of our global moderators?

Because he made it publicly and he has not supported that accusation. Although I fully know OzGeorge can defend himself, I still think it's of importance to this online community to help resolve disputes. Sorry if my previous words came off Star Magazine-ish.

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I heard Yaga had a great aunt or something, lived in the Black Forest, and was more into baking and pasteries than boiling. Apparantly she had quite a decorative touch, and a real master with gingerbread.

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."" Isaac Asimov

extra 1654, modern usages -- including sense of "minor performer in a play" (1777) and "special edition of a newspaper" (1793) -- all probably are from shortenings of extraordinary, which was used extensively in 18c. as n. and adv. in places we would use extra today. The prefix extra- was only recorded in classical L. in extraordinarius, but has been much used in modern formations such as extraterrestrial (1860s as an adj.; 1963 as a n.), and represents the old fem. abl. of exterus "outward, outside."

If you will, you can become all flame.Extra caritatem nulla salus.In order to become whole, take the "I" out of "holiness". सर्वभूतहितἌνω σχῶμεν τὰς καρδίας"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is." -- Mohandas GandhiY dduw bo'r diolch.

If you will, you can become all flame.Extra caritatem nulla salus.In order to become whole, take the "I" out of "holiness". सर्वभूतहितἌνω σχῶμεν τὰς καρδίας"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is." -- Mohandas GandhiY dduw bo'r diolch.